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Effects of a balanced, healthy lifestyle on the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems Short term effects Breathing Heart rate circulation short term effects of exercise muscles sweating Breathing Rate rises quickly as demands for O2 increase Even before activity commences More air is drawn into the lungs as the muscles involved in breathing work harder The increased volume of air delivers more O2 to the bloodstream and on to the working muscles Breathing Tidal volume (the volume of air inhaled and exhaled at each breath) increases Minute volume (the total amount of air which moves in and out of the lungs in 1 minute) increases Heart rate The NS triggers (anticipatory rise) faster heart rate and a greater volume of blood is pumped around the body The stroke volume (volume of blood pumped from the heart in one beat) increases Cardiac output (volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute) increases This greatly increases the volume of blood delivered to the muscles Circulation The circulation of blood increases as the level of activity rises This is in response to the increased demand for O2 by the muscles The major blood vessels dilate to allow this to happen Those blood vessels not involved in the activity will constrict Muscles Blood vessels in the active muscles dilate to accommodate increased blood flow Blood temperature rises and this produces more efficient muscle action (a rise in temperature from 37C > 41C produces a 15% increase in performance of muscles) This increases the blood supply to the muscle tendons, reducing likelihood of tears/strains This process will have begun during the warm up Lactic acid build up > fatigue Sweating Sweat production is accelerated during increased levels of activity Sweat released via the sweat glands / skin pores helps remove impurities from the body The evaporation of sweat at the skin surface contributes to body cooling Illustration explanation: The skin is composed of an epidermal layer (E) from which hair follicles (H), sweat glands (G), and sebaceous glands (S) descend into the underlying dermis (D). breathing Heart rate circulation muscles sweating